Meet the composers
Connect with some of today’s most exciting composers, showcasing the richness and diversity of new music in the UK.
Explore the composers below or take our quiz and discover which Music Patron composer is the best match for you.
- Musical theatre
- Pop
Rachel is a GRAMMY voting member, the recipient of a prestigious British Citizen Award for contribution to the arts.
The writer of new British musical The Circle and winner of the Stiles and Drewe Best New Song Prize 2023, Rachel is currently writing songs with Grammy, Emmy and Ivor Novello award winners, The Voice UK and American Idol alumni and Oscar nominees.
- Opera
- Orchestral
Mark’s work includes chamber, orchestral, and vocal music, with commissions from BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra and BBC National Orchestra of Wales among others.
Mark’s patrons will get an insider’s perspective into the formidable process of bringing an opera to life.
- Musical theatre
- Pop
Gus is an award-winning writer and composer based in York. For his first full-length musical Pieces of String in 2018 (which was named for The Stage’s Best Regional Musical of the year) Gus won The Stage Debut Award for Best Composer/Lyricist, and was nominated for a Writer’s Guild of Great Britain award for Best Musical Theatre Bookwriting. His second full-length musical Mayflies premiered at York Theatre Royal in 2023, to great acclaim.
- Sound Art
- Vocal and choral
Supriya is a synesthete, experiencing music through all her senses. Past projects have included exploring the sound of tea, the emotion behind lullabies, and water, in its various forms.
“I’m looking for people to hold my hand on the journey, give me ideas, tell me to think differently”
